downsize this.

How do you scale down from a comfortable 3/2 house in Silicon Valley to a tiny 1/1 apartment in Ann Arbor? Or going from the Golden State to the Ass-Cold Paradise? I've spent a good amount of time over the past few weeks pondering these questions. And the execution is underway.

Here are some items I'm taking:
> Everything I own with long sleeves
> Ice scraper for the Subaru
> iPod and Bose SoundDock
> PS2 (for my "Family Guy" DVD set)
> Midnight jam-friendly acoustic guitar
> IKEA Startbox (50+ kitchen items in exchange for sending a pair of jeans to Sweden)
> Two futons (one for sleeping, one for couching)
> Fly rod and golf clubs (for the three weeks before the snow begins to fall)
> Suits, ties, and dress shoes (with dust removed after three years in the Valley)

Other stuff will have to be purchased when I get there. Everything from a toaster oven to incredibly mundane items (hangers, trash cans, and shower curtains) will be either stolen from an Iowa hotel room or purchased with the Walmart herd.

The big question right now revolves around my laptop. I'm hell-bent on using my PowerBook for the next two years. However, the UM B-school doesn't care to support my computing decision. Screw that. So much for thinking differently.